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Partners in Prayer & Prevention
Partners In Prayer & Prevention continues to be a resource to you. Be a resource to others in your workplace, congregation and community. As we begin this New Year, make a commitment to your health. Be a help to help others, as we all strive to live heathier lives.
Additional resources and information can be found on your local health department's website. We encourage you to visit your local health department's website:
"Good health is a reflection of a commitment one makes to living."
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Getting the flu means missing work, school, and special events like the big game, a wedding, spring break or a special birthday party. It puts life on hold. But even worse, for people at higher risk for complications it can be very serious, even life threatening. Stay healthy and help keep the people closest to you healthy too by getting a seasonal flu vaccine. Even if the vaccine isn't a perfect match with the circulating flu viruses, it's still the best way to prevent getting the flu. Be sure to wash your hands frequently. If you do get sick, remember to cough into your arm or elbow, and stay home so you don't spread the illness to others.
influenza Prevention: Protect Yourself and Others From Getting the Flu
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Glaucoma Awareness Month
Help Raise Awareness
In the United States, approximately 120,000 are blind from glaucoma, accounting for 9% to 12% of all cases of blindness. Here are three ways you can help raise awareness:
- Talk to friends and family about glaucoma. If you have glaucoma, don't keep it a secret. Let your family members know.
- Refer a friend to our web site, www.glaucoma.org.
- Request to have a free educational booklet sent to you or a friend.
- Get involved in your community through information sessions, group discussions, inviting expert speakers, and more.
Know the Facts
- Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye's optic nerve and can result in vision loss and even blindness.
- About 3 million Americans have glaucoma. It is the 2nd leading cause of blindness worldwide.
- Open-angle glaucoma, the most common form, results in increased eye pressure. There are often no early symptoms, which is why 50% of people with glaucoma don't know they have the disease.
- There is no cure (yet) for glaucoma, but if it's caught early, you can preserve your vision and prevent vision loss. Taking action to preserve your vision health is key.
Don't Let Glaucoma Steal Your Sight!
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The National Resource Directory (NRD) is a resource website that connects wounded warriors, Service Members, Veterans, their families, and caregivers to programs and services that support them.
It provides access to services and resources at the national, state and local levels to support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration. Visitors can find information on a variety of topics that supply an abundance of vetted resources.
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February is Children's Dental Health Month
Tooth decay is the number one chronic disease among children in Virginia. Dental disease is five times more common than asthma and often leads to missed school hours, poor nutrition and social isolation. Kids from low-income families are more likely to have cavities than children whose parents earn a high-income. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that every child see a dentist by his/her first birthday. Establishing good oral hygiene habits and regular dental visits when they're toddlers reduces the likelihood of painful cavities and poor oral health as the child grows and it lowers the cost of dental care throughout childhood.
February is Children's Dental Health Month. The Virginia Oral Health Coalition is here to ensure the state's policies, programs and providers include oral health as part of children's comprehensive health care plan. The Coalition maintains a School-Age Oral Health workgroup to ensure readiness to learn is not hindered by poor oral health. We also provide trainings to teach pediatricians how to apply fluoride varnish gel during well visits and speak to parents about the importance of regular dental care, to give children a boost of cavity protection until they can see a dentist. And, we promote state programs, like school-based dental sealants, which have been shown to be a cost-effective and convenient way prevent cavities, especially for low-income kids.
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Keeping Your Community's Health Safe
When it comes to your community, doing what's best for all residents is what's most important. And your work can make all the difference!
In working with members of your community, we can all build stronger, more secure community health resilience. Disasters happen every day. From natural disasters, man-made events, and disease outbreaks to everyday power outages, severe storms, and extreme temperatures, disasters of any scale have the potential to bring health consequences with them. The work organizations like yours and individuals like you do each and every day within the community helps create stronger, healthier residents and a nation that is more health secure.
Ready to get started making your community healthier and more resilient? Check out the resources below for ideas.
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The Community Wellness Coalition
Fredericksburg, VA.
The coalition was originally known as the Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) Wellness Center. It was created to expand the health and welfare efforts of the church's Home Missions Committee. The Wellness Center emphasized healthy life styles within families and the community.
The Community Wellness Coalition stresses wellness and prevention. The coalition provides educational sessions plus activities to advance these goals.
Community Wellness Coalition is one of the newest congregations to join
Virginia Congregations for a Million Hearts.
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Webinars
National Interfaith Enrollment Campaign Webinar
Event Date: THIS THURSDAY, January 19th ; 1:00 PM EDT
Register NOW to RSVP
Through the leadership of the National Interfaith Enrollment Campaign, this webinar will highlight the perspectives from leaders from multiple faith traditions talking about how healthcare and health insurance coverage is important to them and their community. Join us to hear from these leaders as they come together across multiple faith traditions and discuss how they are supporting enrollment through the health insurance marketplaces.
Save the Date: SOAR Training to identify, treat, and respond appropriately to potential victims and survivors of human trafficking
Event Date: February 16th, 1:00 PM EST
Read more
The Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to human trafficking (SOAR) training educates health care and social service professionals on how to identify, treat, and respond appropriately to potential victims of human trafficking.
Grant Opportunities
Minority Youth Violence Prevention (MYVP) program
Description
: Demonstrate the effectiveness of integrating public health and community policing approaches to reduce disparities in access to public health services, reduce violent crimes, and improve the health and well-being of at-risk minority male youth in targeted communities of color through a joint collaborative that includes a public health agency and law enforcement agency.
Learn More
Application Deadline
: April 4, 2017
Grant Administered by
: Office of Minority Health
Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program
Description
: Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies; as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth and reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.
Learn More
Application Deadline
: March 15, 2017
Grant Administered by: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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How are you ringing in the New Year?
It's a new year, and that means new trips to plan! This year, the CDC is making it possible for you to get travel updates about the Zika Virus on the go. Here's how it works: By texting PLAN to 855-255-5606, you'll receive helpful tips on how to:
- Pack and plan for your trip
- Stay protected on your trip
- Stay healthy when you return home
Text PLAN to
855-255-5606
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"If you can't fly, run. If you cannot run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl. But by all means, keep moving."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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